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Restoring New Zealand’s housing affordability
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 8:51 am | The New Zealand Initiative
The government needs to urgently restructure financial incentives for local councils, shift the burden of water infrastructure costs, and create competition in planning if it wants to deliver affordable homes, according to The New Zealand Initiative’s ... More >>
Insights - The NZ Initiative
Friday, 8 November 2013, 12:38 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
In this issue: • The Initiative needs your help researching foreign direct investment • KiwiAssure provides no assurance | Dr Oliver Hartwich • Crowd funding the public interest | Dr Jens Schroeder • What will unify the Taxpayers’ Union? | Jenesa ... More >>
Insights - The NZ Initiative
Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:46 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Big personalities but short on policy | Ben England We should be grateful for the steady hand | Jason Krupp The government is not Santa | Jenesa Jeram All things considered ... On the record More >>
Why is NZ shedding talented teachers? - NZ Initiative
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 9:22 am | The New Zealand Initiative
While national standards, charter schools, and class sizes have dominated the education debate, research by The New Zealand Initiative shows teacher quality is the most important in-school factor influencing student achievement. More >>
Rising house prices not a natural law
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 10:24 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Would-be home owners don’t have to resign themselves to ever increasing house prices according to the latest research from the New Zealand Initiative, which found three overseas markets who are getting it right. More >>
Why New Zealand must strengthen its teaching profession
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 6:57 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
John Morris and Rose Patterson have been investigating the factors influencing the quality of New Zealand’s teaching profession. Join us for the launch of their first report in a series of three. Teachers are New Zealand’s greatest educational asset. ... More >>
New Zealand more competitive than Australia
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 10:41 am | The New Zealand Initiative
New Zealand has outperformed Australia on the latest Global Competitiveness Index for the first time, according to an annual report compiled by the World Economic Forum. More >>
NZ Universities thrash-out skilled emigration debate
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 2:49 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Skilled, under 30, and thinking of heading overseas - does that make you an asset or a liability to New Zealand Inc.? That’s what we’ll find out when Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Auckland go head-to-head in the finals ... More >>
Insights Issue 30/2013 - 16 August 2013
Friday, 16 August 2013, 12:53 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
The well-reported aspects of the housing announcement have been an increase in the availability of Kiwisaver subsidies and the expansion of ‘Welcome Home’ loans. More >>
The New Zealand Initiative
Friday, 2 August 2013, 12:49 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Ban the foreigners! | Luke Malpass Consititutional change for New Zealand | Peter Shirtcliffe Tough but fair debates | Oliver Hartwich All things considered ... On the record More >>
The new elitist temperance movement
Friday, 12 July 2013, 12:36 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Nick Cater | Visiting Lecturer | insights@nzinitiative.org.nz The wowsers are back on a futile mission to enforce public morality through statute. More >>
Nick Cater and the Lucky Culture Come to New Zealand
Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 2:29 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Nick Cater, Chief Opinion Editor at The Australian newspaper, thinks that a new ruling class is threatening New Zealand’s tradition of egalitarianism. More >>
Insights
Friday, 5 July 2013, 12:30 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Last week, the OECD published Education at a Glance 2013 , comparing education indicators across 42 countries. Ministers Steven Joyce and Hekia Parata highlighted a few points of interest. Strangely, these highlights concentrated on New Zealand’s spending ... More >>
Radical sell off or half-baked privatisation?
Friday, 14 June 2013, 3:29 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
The New Zealand Initiative will be hosting top economist, Professor Sinclair Davidson, on June 17 in Wellington. More >>
Insights: Issue 21/2013
Friday, 14 June 2013, 12:35 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
In this issue: • Are we running out of land? | Luke Malpass • Great expectations | Rose Patterson • Why does the public oppose privatisation? | Sinclair Davidson • All things considered ... • On the record Are we running out of land? More >>
Report On How Housing Became Unaffordable
Monday, 10 June 2013, 10:48 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Priced Out – How New Zealand Lost Its Housing Affordability looks at long-term trends in housing regulation and social circumstances as well as the changing roles of local and central governments. More >>
Priced Out - How New Zealand lost its housing affordability
Monday, 10 June 2013, 10:23 am | The New Zealand Initiative
New Zealand’s housing affordability problems are well documented. Barely a week passes when housing in New Zealand is not in the news: either because prices are rising, or as in 2008–09 when prices briefly fell and many people were upset about ... More >>
The New Zealand Initiative
Friday, 31 May 2013, 12:16 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
In this issue: • No need to be afraid of Chinese migration | Oliver Hartwich • Social democrats | Luke Malpass • Why householders can't win | Bryce Wilkinson • All things considered ... • On the record No need to be afraid of Chinese migration More >>
Priced Out: How New Zealand Lost Its Housing Affordability
Friday, 17 May 2013, 3:51 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Barely a week passes when housing in New Zealand is not in the news. Either because house prices are too high or impressive gains are being made. The New Zealand Initiative’s latest report, Priced Out: How New Zealand lost its housing affordability ... More >>
Priced Out: How New Zealand Lost Its Housing Affordability
Friday, 17 May 2013, 3:45 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Barely a week passes when housing in New Zealand is not in the news. Either because house prices are too high or impressive gains are being made. The New Zealand Initiative’s latest report, Priced Out: How New Zealand lost its housing affordability ... More >>
